National Audubon Society Pocket Guide to Galaxies and Other Deep Sky Objects (National Audubon Society Pocket Guides) [Paperback]

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Series: National Audubon Society Pocket Guides | Publication Date: April 25, 1995

Filled with concise descriptions and out-of-this-world photography, the National Audubon Society Pocket Guide to Galaxies & Other Deep-Sky Objects is designed to be compact enough to literally fit into any star-gazer's back pocket. This streamlined volume contains: an easy-to-use field guide covering more than 70 deep-sky objects; a complete overview of the evolution of galaxies, nebulae, quasars, star clusters and other objects in space that make up our universe.

This pocket guide is packed with information; abundant color photographs and images capturing the magnificence of the stars that compose various deep-space phenomena; text detailing the different types of objects in space, specific names and cataloging of each space phenomena, information on measuring each object's distance and location in the sky and the minimal optical aid needed to observe a particular deep-space matter.

From casual star-gazers, budding astronomers to the more experienced, the National Audubon Society Pocket Guide to Galaxies & Other Deep-Sky Objects is an excellent and convenient reference guide to bring along when skywatching.

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Filled with concise descriptions and out-of-this-world photography, the National Audubon Society Pocket Guide to Galaxies & Other Deep-Sky Objects is designed to be compact enough to literally fit into any star-gazer's back pocket. This streamlined volume contains: an easy-to-use field guide covering more than 70 deep-sky objects; a complete overview of the evolution of galaxies, nebulae, quasars, star clusters and other objects in space that make up our universe.

This pocket guide is packed with information; abundant color photographs and images capturing the magnificence of the stars that compose various deep-space phenomena; text detailing the different types of objects in space, specific names and cataloging of each space phenomena, information on measuring each object's distance and location in the sky and the minimal optical aid needed to observe a particular deep-space matter.

From casual star-gazers, budding astronomers to the more experienced, the National Audubon Society Pocket Guide to Galaxies & Other Deep-Sky Objects is an excellent and convenient reference guide to bring along when skywatching.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Knopf; First Printing edition (April 25, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0679779965
• ISBN-13: 978-0679779964
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.4 x 4.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,200,743 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #80 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Science > Astronomy > Astronomy

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A superb picture book of the cosmos., October 20, 1998

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Kevin Cornwell ([e-mail]) (Yreka, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: National Audubon Society Pocket Guide to Galaxies and Other Deep Sky Objects (National Audubon Society Pocket Guides) (Paperback)

Easy to read and even easier to look at, this little book is a giant. The photos are beautiful and their full-bleed format makes them look like little windows to the universe. If it's photos of the deep-sky objects you want, this book is the perfect place to start.

2.0 out of 5 stars Pretty much useless as field/pocket guide, May 3, 2005

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Sytelus (WA, United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: National Audubon Society Pocket Guide to Galaxies and Other Deep Sky Objects (National Audubon Society Pocket Guides) (Paperback)

I bough this pocket book and haven't found useful even once. In Internet age, this book renders itself pretty much useless. The book mainly has one pages with color photo of one of the deep sky objects and a very dry short description on the other page. That's pretty much about it. You can find all these photos on Internet in much better resolution or in the software like TheSky just by clicking on object. The accompanied description is just dry numerical tid-bits printed in font that discourages reading it. There are no constellation maps. You can find much better quality and interesting history, significance and field notes on Internet. May be this is not the authors fault. The description is supposed to be limited to that tiny page, what else they can do?

5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning Images of Deep Space, March 13, 2005

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Alijandra (San Jose, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: National Audubon Society Pocket Guide to Galaxies and Other Deep Sky Objects (National Audubon Society Pocket Guides) (Paperback)

If you have ever wanted to know the difference between a barred spiral galaxy and an irregular galaxy, this is the book for you.

Beautiful photographs of these galaxies, and so much more, await you in this wonderful little book. It has served as a reference for me for several years now. Even with oodles more Hubble shots available these days, this book is still not dated.

Each photo is given a description as to type of deep-sky object it is (a spirial galaxy or an emission nebula, for instance), light years distance away from us, where in space it is located and a little data about the nature of itself.

Andromeda, the Pleiades, the Ring Nebula and much more await you in this little pocket book by the National Audubon Society.

Much recommended for the "space nut"!